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trade. Utility-maximizing agents opt between careers in specialized production and careers in predation. Three types of … security. Since changes in security have terms of trade effects, some producers may be hurt by enhanced security. We show cases …
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-parametric sufficient statistics for arbitrage gains from trade and terms of trade, and a non-parametric elasticity of terms of trade with … respect to supply. For world manufacturing trade 2000-2014, China's gains rose 2%yearly and terms of trade fell 8.3%. US gains … fell 2% yearly and terms of trade rose 5.5%. Counterfactual industrial policy that raises US 2014 world sales share by 1 …
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for time-interval-varying depreciation-cum-adjustment. A time-varying trade elasticity in the structural gravity model is … implied. Our methods explain the 'international elasticity puzzle,' the discrepancy between trade elasticity estimates from … the trade literature and the international real business cycle literature. The same theory-motivated estimating equation …
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incidence rises 4.1% yearly as US sales share halves. Domestic trade shares closely fit revealed relative resistances with trade …
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The purpose of this paper is to report some initial findings based on the WTO Dispute Settlement Data Set (Ver. 2.0) that the authors have compiled for the World Bank. The data set contains approximately 28 000 observations on the workings of the Dispute Settlement (DS) system. It covers all 351...
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This paper discusses allocation of burden of proof in environmental disputes in the WTO system. Besides laying down the natural principles that (i) the complainant carries the burden to (ii) make a prima facie case that its claim holds, WTO adjudicating bodies have said little of more general...
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The Dispute Settlement (DS) system is a central feature of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agreement. This …
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Almost all WTO dispute panels exceed their statutory time limits. This is often seen to indicate a more general problem for panels to manage their tasks. The time required varies considerably across panels however, suggesting that they do not face the same problems. To shed light on these...
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extent of trade conflict resolution within the WTO. Both the SPS and TBT Committees address a significant number of ‘specific … trade concerns’ (STCs) that in the overwhelming majority of cases do not become formal disputes. The STCs address … appears as if Committee work on STCs significantly helps defuse potential trade frictions concerning national policies in the …
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This study contributes to the debate concerning the appropriate role of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) in in WTO dispute settlement. Its distinguishing feature is that it seeks to address this relationship in light of the reason why the parties have chosen to separate their...
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